Weighing-scale.



AL. CI WETZEL, AwEmHmG SCALE. unicum min M531, ma 1.213,98?. Patented Jun. 30, 1917. 3 SHEETS-SHEET i.

L. C. wETzEL.

WEIGHING SCALE. APPLICATlON FILED MARIN-1913.

1,213,987.v Patented Jan.30,1917.

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L. C. WETZEL.

WEiGHING SCALE.

APPLICATmN FILED MAR. 3i. 19m.

1,213,987, Patented Jan. 30, i917,

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UNITED STATES LEWIS 'LLVIN WETZEL, OF TOLEDO, OHIO TGLE SCALE COMPANY, F NEWARK ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TD JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0F nw WEIGEINGSCALE.

speciacanon of Letters rat-ent. Patented J an. 30, 1917.

Application tiled March 31, 1913. Serial No. 757,995.

mg the principle of a pendulum in oil- .er con-monty employed, .in order to Lal that they be leveled. or adjusted facile of this type in which rthe 'For accurate leveling of the' scale with without effecting the ac- Le s indications. A

L the cccompxnying drawings and in the following description have illustrated my invention 'with a floor scale of a particular type, but it' is to be understood that it is applicable to other types of scale and the embodiment thereof may depart 'wvidcly from the specific fo .n disclosed for the purpose of exemplitication, the scope of the invention being pointed out in the following` cliims in which I have endeavored to distinguish it from the prior art so far as known te me without, however, relinquishor ibnndoning any portion thereof. Ref the drawings, Figure 1 is a verticoi Eong'itudinal section through a scale of the type chosen to illustrate my'invention; F il is a vertical section on a plane at right i' .o that of Fig.A l through the line .QM-r'. wreef; and Fig. 3 is a plan partly in section on the line Efe-3 of` Fig. 1.

Each part .is identified by the same reference chr/rocher throughout the several views. The automatic counterbalance mechanism of my scale is showni asfontained in the housing l, upon whichis mounted :a circular casing 5, with oppositcly disposed side panes 6-6 es. "ning oppositely faced dials eL-f? and luf outer hands 8-8 coperating thercvi'i c housing l is open :it the bot i through o. hole 9 in l0 beneath the floor the system of leverage dorm. ill. mounted. The leverage system shown of a well secure the .Y cemarv degree of accuracy it y ybearing 25 connected by a loop 26- and hook ct of the present invention istel known type comprising a pair of levers lil-13 of which the former is suspe dedY by loops 14-14 from lugs 15-15 and Eonnected at its free end to the counterbalancing mechanism within the housing. The other lever 13 is likewise suspended at one end by lugs 16-16 and loops 17-17 and connected et its free end by a loop 18to the main lever l2. The platform 11 is formed with de. pending legs 19-19 which rest Iupon knives hl-20, projecting from thelevers 12 and 13. 4Atits rear end the l'ever 12 is provided with an extension 21 which is adjustable by means of a slot 22 and bolt 23 and the extension carries c lmife24 which rests upon a F27 to an equalizer bar 28. The latter extends transversely of the machine and is connected at its opposite ends by means of vlinks 29 and yokes 13G-31, with the short arms of the levers {i2-'32. TheseI levers are vfitted with knives 334-33 by which they are :F.ulcrurned7 upon brackets 34-34 depending from the top of the housing and are connectedl at the ends of their longer arms by means of flexible ribbons 35-35 with a second fequalizing bar 36, to the centerof which is pivoted a rack rod 37, the rack 38v of which meshes with a pinion 39 upon the axis of the indicator ends 88. A weight 40 is carried by the rack rod in such a plosition thereon as to exert its pressure to old the rack 38 in engagement with the pinion 39; but an anti-friction roller 41 is provided to prevent the rack rod from leaving the pinion. The straps G35-35 carrying hooks 42-42 at their `lover ends engagey the knives 43-43 upon the equalizer bar., and at their upper ends are secured to vind ...ax upon segments 44--44 which are pifvoted to 95 the levers at 45-45 and may be adjusted *with relation thereto by m'eansof screws lniez'medae 'zs Quia 0 the simpa a connection. from the equazer bzu tc) the Weight indicator, penduums ccm-u necifed 'im the mspctiv@ levers, an equalizer bm; depending at s cnlS from the shorts? Mms; of the repiftive levers and connectfm from. he as said eqxm'zez' Um to *bhe spuv@ u weight l0. 

